Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1114-1120 , September 2007

Relationships Between Spasticity, Strength, Gait, and the GMFM-66 in Persons With Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy

  • Sandy A. Ross, PT, DPT, MHS, PCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Sandy A. Ross, PT, DPT, MHS, PCS, Physical Therapy Program, Maryville University, 650 Maryville University Dr, St. Louis, MO 63141-7299
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  • Jack R. Engsberg, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.

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    (A) A scatterplot showing the relationship between aggregate spasticity (normalized data for the hip adductors, knee flexors, and ankle plantarflexors) and the GMFM-66. (B) A scatterplot showing the r

    (A) A scatterplot showing the relationship between aggregate spasticity (normalized data for the hip adductors, knee flexors, and ankle plantarflexors) and the GMFM-66. (B) A scatterplot showing the relationship between aggregate strength (maximum values of the hip abductors and adductors, knee extensors and flexors, and ankle dorsiflexors and plantarflexors) and the GMFM-66.

  • Image Result
    (A) A scatterplot showing the relationship between aggregate spasticity (normalized data for the hip adductors, knee flexors, and ankle plantarflexors) and gait speed. (B) A scatterplot showing the re

    (A) A scatterplot showing the relationship between aggregate spasticity (normalized data for the hip adductors, knee flexors, and ankle plantarflexors) and gait speed. (B) A scatterplot showing the relationship between aggregate strength (maximum values of the hip abductors and adductors, knee extensors and flexors, and ankle dorsiflexors and plantarflexors) and gait speed.

 Supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (grant no. R01 NS35830).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00428-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.011

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1114-1120 , September 2007

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